Stove or range



Jan. 3, 1928.

J. J. TOOMEY STOVE 0R RANGE Filed Dec. 7, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet l .Jan. 3, 1928. 1,655,115

' J. J. TOOMEY STOVE 0R RANGE File d Dec. v, 1925 s Sheets-Sheet .2

Jan. 3, 1928.

J. J. TOOM EY STOVE OR RANGE Filed Dec. 7, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 lizmwz a or' Patented 3, 1928.

UNITED STATES v 1,655,115 PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. TOOMEY, OI CHICAGO, ILLINO IS.

STOVE OB RANGE.

Application flied December 7, 1925. Serial No. 73,600.

This invention relates particularly to ranges of the type which are equipped with cooking-tops and ovens.

The primary object of the invention is to I! embody in a range of this type an improved heating section, so that the range may be used for the purpose of heating a kitchen, as well as for ordinary cooking and baking purposes.

The present invention constitutes a modification of the invention described in my application 26,894, filed in the United States Patent Oflice, April 30, 1925.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 represents a plan sectional view of the improved range, the section being taken approximately as indicated at line 1 of Fig. 4; Fig. 2, a broken plan view showing the rear portion of the range; Fig. '3, a broken vertical sectional view taken as indicated at line 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a vertical sectional view taken as indicated at line 4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a broken transverse vertical sectional view taken as indicated at line 5 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6, a broken plan sectional view taken as indicated at line 6 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 7 a broken transverse vertical sectional view taken as indicated at line 7 of Fig. 4.

The drawings show the invention embodied in a gas-range, but it will be understood that other heating elements, for example, electric heating elements, may be substituted for the gas-burners, if desired.

In the construction illustrated, A-designates the base-frame of. the range supported on legs A B designates an oven-unit C designates the cooking-top of the range, which, in the illustration given, has a closed central top section 0' which surmounts a heating unit C which is mounted on the other end of the base-frame A and separated from the oven-unit by -a warming oven C The cooking-top C extends laterally from the oven section B; and the heating section (1% is flanked by cooking sections (3* and C, the cooking section C be: ing interposed between the oven B and the heating section 0' and surmounting the warming oven C While it is preferred to locate the heating section C in an intermediate position between the cooking sections mounted on one end of the base-frame; and

C and 0 any desired arrangement may be employed.

The oven-unit B is mounted on one end of the base-frame A in any suitable manner, and preferably comprises an upper main oven and a lower broiler oven (not shown 1n detail). The cooking-top comprises a perimetral frame 1 which is provided with a rabbet 1 on which the end-portion of the central plate forming the closed top C are supported. The frame 0 is supported at a suitable distance above the base-frame A in any suitable manner. Flanking the central plate C are the grid-plates 2 and 3 which are disposed above the burner-boxes 2 and 8 of the cooking sections C and C. These burner-boxes flank the upper portion of the heating section C Extending across the front of the range is a gas-manifold 4 which supplies pipes leading to burners 5 located in the upper portion of the heating section and burners 5 located in the cooking sections C and C The pipes which supply said burners are controlled by means of valves 6. The cooking sections which flank the heating section may be of any desired construction. The rear wall 7 of the range extends above the cooking space 8 and is equipped with a shelf 9 which is interposed between the oven and a sheet-metal standard 10 which is disposed at one end of the range. The closed top C of the heating section C is provided with removable lids 11 which are located above the burners 5.

The heating section 0 of the range preferably comprises a front frame, or plate, 12, which may, if desired, be equipped with a door 12 The heating section is provided with lateral walls 13 which may be provided at their lower portions with air inlets 13 The door 12 may also be provided with air inlets 14. Flanking the upper portions of the lateral walls 13 of the heating section are air conduits 15 formed by spaces between the plates, or walls, 16, which extend from the front wall of the range to the rear wall of the range. The members 16 have lower walls 16 which are cut away at their front portions 16", as indicated in Fig. 4, thus providing for ingress of air at the front ends of the conduits 15.

Disposed parallel with the rear wall of the range is a supplemental heater D which outlets 18, and the rear air-flue D is open at its upper end, as indicated at 19,. The rear air-flue D is also open at its lower end, as indicated at 19.

The range is equipped in front of its rear Wall with a transverse air-flue 20 which is in communication with the rear ends of the air-flues 15; and the transverse air-flue 2O communicates through an air passage 21 with the lower portion of the front air-flue of the supplemental heater D. The inner chamber of the heating section C communicates through a gas-passage, or gas-flue, 22, with the gas-flue D of the supplemental heater, the passage 22 extending through the. front air-flue D of the supplemental heater.

The upper portion of the gas-flue D of the supplemental heater communicates through a gas-flue 23 (Fig. 2) with an outlet flue 24 which is in communication, through a gas-passage 25 with the gas-flues 26 of the oven. The flue 24 may connect with a pipe (not shown), leading to a chimney.

From the description given, it will be understood that when the burners'5 in the heating section C are lighted, the products of combustion will pass therefrom through the passage 22 into the gas-flue D of the sup plemental heater, and thence through the flue 23 to the main outlet gas-flue 24 of the range. Also, air will enter the air-flues 15 (through passages 16*) and will circulate through said flues in the transverse flue 20,

and thence through the passage 21 to the front air-flue D of the supplemental heater, the heated air passing out through the passages 18 into the room. Also, air will cir culate upwardly through the rear air-flue D of the supplemental heater.

.It will be noted that in the present construction, the burners 5 are disposed near the upper portion of the heating section C and may be used for cooking purposes. In this construction, the burners 5 are disposed beneath the closed top C, there being no intervening wall between the burners and the closed top. Ifdesired, the lids 11 may be removed and cooking'vessels may be supported in the openings which the lids normally cover. In practice, it is found that the heating section C taken in connection with the supplemental. heater D. will suffice to supply a suificient amount of heated air to heat a small kitchen which is not equipped with other heating means. 7

While the heating capacity of the presentrange is somewhat less than that of the construction described in the above-mentioned application, the present construction is somewhat cheaper'and afl'ords ample capacity,

supplemental heater disposed. back of said range and having a flue with which said outlet passage communicates and having an airflue with which said air outlet communicates.

2. A range comprising a cooking-top provided with a heating section having a closedtop and an outlet passage, a heating element in the upper portion of said section adjacent said closed-top, rearwardly extending airflues flanking the upper portion of said heating section provided with an air outlet; and a supplemental heater disposed behind and parallel with the back of said range and having a flue with which said outlet passage communicates and having an air-flue with which said air outlet communicates.

3. A range comprising a base, an ovenunit mounted on one end of said base and provided with gas-flues, a cooking-top extending laterally from said oven and having a closed-top section, a heating section mounted on said base and surmounted by said closed-top section, a gas-burner in the upper portion of said heating section in unobstructed relation to said closed-top, whereby the heating section may be used as a cooking section, air-flues ad acent the sides of said heating section; and a supplemental heater at the rear portion of said range provided with a gas-flue communicating with the burner-chamber of said heating section and provided with an air-flue communicating with said first-named air-flues, and an outlet gas-flue communicating with the gasflues of said oven-unit and with the gasflue I and the adjacent air-flue of the heating section, a burner-box disposed at the other side of the heating section adjacent the air-flue thereat, a gas-burner in the upper portion of said heating section disposed adjacent said closed-top, whereby said heating section may be employed as a cooking section; gasburners in said burner-boxes; and a supplemental heater parallel with the rear side of the range having a-gas-flue communicating with the burner-chamber of said heating section and having an air-flue communicating with the air outlet of said first-named airflues, a gas outlet flue connected with the gas-fines of the oven, and a gas-flue connectmg t-he gas-fine of said supplemental heater with said gas outlet flue.

5. A range comprising a base-frame, an oven-unit mounted on one end of said frame 20 and provided with gas-fines, a heating section comprising a chamber mounted on said frame and spaced some distance from said oven, said 0 amber b lower ortion with air ets a cooking-top extending laterally from sai oven-unit and having a closed section surmounting said chamber, a burner disposed in the u per portion of said chamber below said 0 osed-top, air-fines flanking the upper portion of said chamber and having an air outlet at the rear side of the range; and a supplemental heater disposed back of and parallel with the rear side of the range and having a gas-flue communicating with the rear upper portion of provided at its 7 said first-named chamber and having an air- 1 flue communicating with said air-outlet, and a gas outlet flue communicatin with the gasflues of the oven and with t e gas-flue of said supplemental heater.

JOHN J. TOOMEY. 

